Without a doubt, this was a scene the former Ring Angel had never experienced throughout the cycles of reincarnation.
Aleister had not been recorded on the system panel before. Only now was she finally engraved upon it.
"Come out, Aleister."
Without hesitation, Iver flung the card in his hand.
The Phantom Demon Card, which now looked like a card from a 2D game, split apart into a mass of blood mist. Semi-transparent blood-red tentacles surged out of it, twisting and rolling, then instantly contracted inward, revealing the petite Aleister.
She was still wearing that thin, plain white dress, but many delicate golden bracelets, necklaces, anklets, and leg chains had appeared on her arms and body. She looked like a walking wind chime; the slightest movement produced the sound of colliding metal.
Iver recognized these things at a glance—their true nature was a form of seal.
Gold was a metal belonging to the Equilibrium Path. Here, it was being used to bind the power of a Perfected Being.
Aleister's pupils were still bright red... but compared to their former dark red, like blood or red wine, they were now much more translucent, closer to bright rubies and pink. Her black hair had grown somewhat longer, so long that it could spill across the ground... Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that she had become shorter, while her hair had not shortened with her.
After being summoned by Iver, she arched her back like a cat and stretched lazily.
"Feels so good."
Aleister sighed contentedly. "I'm finally no longer being suppressed by the Hourglass..."
Although she had only gone from Level 50 to Level 51 and still belonged to the Sixth Level... with the upper limit of the Path of Love having been broken through, Aleister, like Viennes, would no